Trump actually posted this (on Xitter or TS, I don't know):
"Are the Criminal Cases Against Trump Unconstitutional? The delay until the next presidential election denies the public its right to a speedy trial-Trying multiple criminal cases against the leading Republican candidate for president during the run-up to an election threatens to tear apart an already divided country...
spectator.org/are-the-criminal...
I couldn't follow the link, but "unconstitutional"? Any "delay until the next election" is due to Trump, not the prosecution. Defendants hold the right to a speedy trial, too; not the public. John Q. Public can't file a "speedy trial" motion in any of Trump's pending criminal cases. As for "trying multiple criminal cases" agianst Trump: "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
I'm not a prosecutorial fanboi, but I do accept that the system works well enough that if there was no case against Trump, said case would be dismissed long before trial. Trump had 60+ challenges to the 2020 election tossed out on that basis, so I'm pretty sure the system works as designed.
Unconstitutional? This is precisely the function of the criminal justice system as designed by the Constitution. If Trump doesn't want cases delayed, he holds those keys in his hands. His small, pudgy hands.
Trump stopped thinking this stuff through a long time ago....
And while we're on the subject: Trump DID claim to have the tallest building in Manhattan on the day the Twin Towers were burning. We have the audio.
The man is not fit to live among civilized human beings.
Wait, so when Trump asked to delay the J6 trial until 2026, he was violating the Constitution? Not a good look for somebody who wants to be preznit.
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